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Roman Facts
  1. The apartments in the Roman Empire were 6 stories tall, each floor called an island with the expensive ones on the bottom floor and the less expensive at the top.
  2. When buildings were abandoned, the buildings would be forgotten, and they would start to rot and decay.
  3. The Romans would fight and kill each other on the street, so the population was decreasing, causing some buildings not to be used anymore.
  4. If the people that lived in the apartments weren't paying rent,. they’d be kicked out and the rooms would start to decay.
  5. The buildings would have been filled with termites and other creatures that could eat away at the wood
  6. Some of the poor lived on the streets and the Patricians lived in expensive homes, so the lower class apartments weren't use, and they started to decay.
  7. With such a large area to control, the Romans may not have been able to fix the urban decay in other countries.
  8. The fights on the street would have been a big priority, which might distract people from the urban decay.

Sources:
Fall of the Roman Empire

Why the Roman Empire Fell

American Facts


  1. In 2001, a police shot an unarmed man in Over The Rhine, causing people to riot. With all the protests, the buildings started to be destroyed, and eventually began to decay.
  2. Some buildings in down town cities show signs of urban decay.
  3. When jobs leave, the office buildings began to decay because they aren't in use.
  4. Cincinnati leaders tried rebuilding the front of Riverfront, by building the Paul Brown Stadium the Great American Ball Park, the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center and many other buildings.
  5. There is construction in Over The Rhine, to help Urban Decay
Sources:
Shooting and protests in Over The Rhine
Over The Rhine
Solutions:
  1. They could rebuild parts of the buildings that were decaying
  2. They could have checked the wood for termites or other harmful things in the wood that they were using


Dear MSA Architects,

My name is Justin and I am a seventh grader at Nagel Middle School. In my social studies class, we are doing a project on ancient Rome, and comparing their problems to our modern problems. My topic is urban decay, and I was wondering of you could answer a few questions to help me with my research.

Based upon your website, I understand your agency works to develop new buildings and structures around the city of Cincinnati. What area have you found to be in the most need of repair due to conditions of urban decay?

Do you work with the government to revitalize public buildings and areas? Do you know where the government gets the funds to have projects like that?

What are the first steps taken to fix an area that is effected by urban decay?


Thank you for your time. I really appreciate your help.

Justin


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